Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. (1) Combo argument. Ethical pluralism. There are many things we should do. There are many goals we should get, some only once or twice, some over and over. There are many things we shouldn't do. (2) Ethical monism. All ethical ideas can be boiled down to one. I.e. the golden rule proponents. (3) I am a pluralist. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. (1) Doing something because society says to, and you believe society knows best. This is childlike. (2) Doing something because you think it is best (imaginable ideal, or practical ideal). This is mature. (3) Going along with society, even if you think it is not best, because it's politically expedient. Picking your battles. This is mature. --- 11/15/1994

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. (1) Doing things because you reason them as right (even if it goes against your instincts, society's norms, or religion). (2) Doing things to get a promised reward, real or imagined. (ex. medals, heaven). (3) Doing things out of fear, to avoid punishment (ex. hell). --- 09/25/1993

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. (1) Ethics based only on emotion? Emotivism is the view that ethics is a matter of feeling, and that ethics is 100% emotion. Emotivism is not a convincing view. One counter-argument to emotivism is that the legal system is based on reason. Another counter-argument to emotivism is that emotions are not always an accurate guide. For example, crimes of passion are committed when emotions run amok. (2) The opposite view is that ethics is a matter of reason only, and that ethics is 100% reason. The view of ethics as only reason is not a convincing view. One counter-argument is that only a sociopath lacks empathy for other people. Sociopaths are unethical. Empathy is a type of emotion. Thus, emotion is a necessary component of ethics. (3) The basis of ethics must thus be a combination of reason and emotion. --- 6/20/2006

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. (1) Have to or not: this is an issue of freedom and slavery. (2) Want to or not: this is an issue of drives and likes. (3) Should or not: this is an issue of duty? --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Anyone is a dupe who does anything because someone told them to do it, or because someone told them it is right, or someone made them do it, and not because they thought about it long and hard, and they think it is healthy, just, right, and best. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Choice and ethics. Ethics as choices. In order for a situation to be ethical there has to be more than one possibility (choice), and you have to be able to make an effect. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Do we reason our way to ethics using thought? Do we feel our way to ethics using emotion? What kind of ethics system would be created by a people who can think but not feel? What kind of ethics system would be created by people who can feel but not think? --- 9/5/2002

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Do what you want or like, even if it is unproductive, unethical, unlawful, impractical, and unpaying? --- 05/30/1993

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Economics is not the sole basis of ethics, despite what many people think. Money is not the only way to value things. --- 4/28/2001

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Ethics is about change. Do we want to change a thing. See conservative vs. liberal, see metaphysics of change. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Ethics is about time. If we had forever we could take our time, and not rush. --- 3/30/1998

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Ethics is based on the fact that we can effect things, and we can make choices. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. If all injustice causes pain then pain would seem to precede injustice as a determinant of ethics. The problem is that not all injustice causes pain in the recipient of the injustice. For example, happy slaves are still slaves, which is an injustice. Another example, some depressed people feel pain even when in a just situation. Therefore, pain does not precede injustice in determining ethics. That is not to say that pain is irrelevant, it is simply not the sole or primary determinant. --- 4/28/2001

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. If we could not act, ethics would not exist. If we could not think, ethics would not exist. But we can do both, and thus ethics exists. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Information, communication and action. (1) Ethics of information management. It is our duty to learn and know. It is our duty to manage information (find, record, organize, disseminate). It is our duty to use our heads (drives, memories, emotions, thoughts). (2) Ethics of communication. It is our duty to communicate (talk, write, publish web pages). It is our duty to publish our Notes. (3) Ethics of action. Thinking and writing are forms of action. (4) If you do not address the above, then it is not evil, sin or wrong, it is just a big waste. (6) The most important idea here is that most traditional theories of ethics focus on physical actions. I say that the ethics of information management and the ethics of communication are more important than the traditional ethics of physical action. --- 6/10/1999

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Intuition, emotion and reason. (1) Ethics is not purely intuition based. The best ethical responses do not automatically come to us through intuition. A coherent, rational argument can change your mind. (2) Ethics is not purely emotion based. Some people report feelings of happiness when doing the wrong thing (ex. psychopaths committing cold blooded murder). Some people report negative feelings when doing the right thing (ex. children eating their vegetables). (3) Ethics is not purely reason based. It is impossible to reason without feeling emotion and being influenced by emotion. (4) Conclusion: ethics is based on some mixture or combination of intuition, emotion and reason. --- 4/29/2000

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Leisure and work. (1) The ethics of rest and relaxation, leisure, pleasure, entertainment (sports, hollywood, vegas), and hedonism are bull shit. (2) Ethics of work (mental creative work) is great. Some ideas come only after years of intense struggle and effort. Building a better self and world. --- 12/15/1994

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Leisure and work. Thinking the goal of life is to enjoy yourself (fun) vs. thinking the goal of life is to achieve something. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Leisure and work. Two philosophies of life. (1) Enjoy life, feel good, peaceful, stressless, feel alive and free. (2) Accomplish something (in the work world, or on your own), which takes effort and is painful. Do some good. (3) If you can't feel good unless you are doing "1" twenty four hours a day, then something is wrong with you and your ethical system. --- 12/30/1995

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Money is a way of valuing things. Money is a value measure. Money is a type of ethical value. Money is not the only type of ethical value, although some narrow-minded people think it is. --- 4/29/2001

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Philosophical ethicists mistakenly use ancient, outdated concepts. Ethics is based on psychology; drives, memories, emotions, and reasons, all of which can be conscious or unconscious. Consequences are considered. Also considered is society, or other individuals (sociology). It is a big picture. --- 06/15/1994

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. The environment is an important basis of ethics, especially when humans are capable of having a negative or positive effect on the environment. Humans are currently destroying the environment. --- 7/15/2006

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. We have an ethics of pain. We need an ethics of waste. Not just waste of inhuman resources like raw materials (ecological ethics), but also waste of human life (human ethics?). --- 10/25/1997

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of ethics. Why bother trying to argue for an ethics based on reason vs. an ethics based on emotion when it is obvious that the human mind uses both reason and emotion together. --- 6/9/2000

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Basis of one's ethics system. Ethics based on belief and obeying vs. ethics based on reason. Belief based ethics (ex. Some religions) is worse than reason based ethics. Doing something because your are told to is worse than doing it because you understand why to do it. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Emotion and ethics. People do what makes them happy. See also: Psychology, emotion, specific, happiness. People usually avoid what makes them unhappy. Sometimes people will put up with unhappiness if it is for a good cause. Thus, emotion is an aid in ethical decision making, but not an infallible guide. --- 10/23/2005

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- People with mental problems suffer (pain) and waste (life). There is an ethics based on pain and suffering. And there is an ethics based on waste of opportunity. --- 03/16/1997

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Analyzing an individual's ethical system. What are the principles of their ethical system. What they will do in any particular case. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Changing ethics systems. What did you consider to be cool, kicks, fun, worthwhile, and good when you were 12, 16, 21, 31? It keeps changing. Does it ever make any progress? Does it ever stabilize? Does it reach a peak and then start heading down hill? Can the peak be reached sooner in life? How? --- 07/03/1994

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Examples of common ethical systems. (1) Help self only. (2) Do not help others, but do not hurt them either. (3) Help others by donating money, time, political action, or teach or preach (can have the biggest affect). (4) Just do my job well. That helps others. (5) Just obey the bible. Do not think beyond it, about many hypothetical cases. (6) Just obey the law. Do not go beyond it. --- 11/15/1994

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Figuring out what you think to be right or wrong. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Having an ethical system, and then giving into either temptation, threat or force. Breakdowns of moral fiber. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Most try to think how to succeed within a system. Some try to think what the system is, how to change the system, and what to change the system to, and how the system can be improved. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. People who try to breakdown or change other people's ethical system. Trying intentionally to improve or destroy vs. improving or destroying an ethical system unknowingly and unintentionally. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Systems of ethics. Ethics systems. Selling or spreading an ethical system. Imposing what you think is right or wrong on others, (1) By force, (2) By emotional appeal like seduction, beg, or threaten, (3) By reasoned communication. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) Ethical dogmatism. Only one right way, one creed, one answer, or one simple rule. (2) Ethical nihilism. We can not tell what is right, and we can not do what is right even if we could tell. (3) Ethical relativism. Take things on a case by case basis. --- 06/01/1994

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) Ethics of an idea. (2) Ethics of a thing, stuff, or material. How use x thing?. (3) Ethics of a situation (bunch of things). How act in x situation? (4) Ethics of a subject. What should we do about sex for example? (5) Ethics of a person. What should x person do? (6) Ethics of character (people). (7) Ethics of environment (esp. natural environment). --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) Ethics of thought. Should we conduct our minds in any particular way? Can you think? Shall I think or not? About what? What I want to? What they tell me to (family, school, work, friends)? Shall I inquire (a form of thinking)? (2) Ethics of speech. Should we say anything or not? Shall I speak or not? (3) Ethics of action. Should we do anything or not? Can you do it? --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) Ethics of time. How much time should one devote to a thing? (2) Ethics of energy. How much energy should one devote to a thing? --- 7/15/2006

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) Individual ethics: when alone vs. when with others. (2) Social ethics: views of an individual or society concerning what a society should be like in terms of politics and economics. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) Personal ethics. How much time should I spend alone, doing what? (2) Interpersonal ethics. How much time should I spend with others, and doing what? How should I treat others? How should I demand they treat me? --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. (1) What should individual do in a specific situation? Personal ethics, and situational ethics. (2) What should the group do in any case? Group ethics, and universal ethics. --- 12/30/1992

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. Ethics of group (e.g. nation) vs. ethics of individual. (1) Ethics of group. (A) Ethics of group to other groups. (B) Ethic of group to individuals. (C) Ethics of group to nature. (2) Ethics of individual. (A) Ethics of individual to self. (B) Ethics of individual to others. Conflict, competition, or cooperation. (C) Ethics of individual to nature. Ignore vs. pay attention. Protect or destroy. --- 12/26/1997

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. Individual. Ethics of individual: the choices one can make. (1) Work ethic vs. leisure ethic. (2) Health and self-maintenance vs. self-neglect, self-abuse, and self-destruction. (3) Thinking for self vs. believing what you are told or believing what you read. (4) Being a follower, and obeying others vs. being a leader (if only of self), and being a rebel. (5) Learn, explore, grow, and self-induced change vs. stasis. --- 12/26/1997

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Types of ethics. Two types of ethics. (1) Goal oriented ethics. Proactive. (A) Forming goals. We must form and pursue goals. (B) Pursuing goals. Duration and intensity of effort. (2) Situation oriented ethics. Reactive. We are thrust into situations beyond our control and we are forced to react to them. Situations consist of the environment and the events that occur in the environment, including people and their actions. --- 6/3/2001

Philosophy, ethics, basis systems types. --- Why do people argue for basing ethics on either reason or emotion when both reason and emotion are required for optimal ethical decision making? --- 1/28/2005